The Competent Eclectic Sketch Artist Hyphenate

COMPETENT: Adjective; Having the necessary ability, knowledge, or skill to do something successfully.
ECLECTIC: Noun; A person who derives ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.
HYPHENATE: –noun 1. A person with multiple duties or abilities 2. A person working or excelling in more than one craft or occupation 3. A person who has or performs more than one job or function

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Stranded at the Rural Auction (03-29-11)

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I was at the rural auction, killing time while waiting to be picked up by my husband and... (Ahem... a long story...). Inside the big buil...
Sunday, March 27, 2011

Matthew Brehm Workshop (03-27-11)

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Matthew Brehm was an instructor at the Urban Sketchers Symposium last year. He came back to Portland to teach a workshop for the benefit o...
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Saturday, March 26, 2011

Simpatica Dining Hall (03-26-11)

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Gary got a new job after an anxious period of unemployment, so we really had to celebrate the event. We went to Simpatica Dining Hall , for ...

80s Video Dance Party at the Crystal Ballroom (03-26-11)

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Party on! This time, my friend Sian A. and I went to a late dance party at the Crystal Ballroom , consisting of  old music videos from the 8...
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Felix the Kitten (03-22-11)

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Here is a quick sketch of Felix, my daughter's kitten, caught in a very rare calm moment.
Sunday, March 20, 2011

Movie: The Big Lebowski (03-20-11)

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A quick sketch done while watching The Big Lebowski , a hilarious movie, which, I must admit, I hated the first time I saw it (just like Ani...
Thursday, March 17, 2011

Art Spark at the Nines (03-17-11)

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I made it to the Art Spark meeting, held at the Nines this month. Refresher: the old, elegant, beloved  Meier & Frank  department stor...

On the Milwaukie bus line (03-16-11 and 03-17-11)

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I had to go work on a QA localizations downtown for a few days (Yours Truly occasionally uses her left brain to do French translation, inter...
Thursday, March 10, 2011

Emergency Preparedness with the OGGs (03-20-11)

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A friend, Laurie Sonnenfeld , suggested I go to meet the OGGs, the Oak Grove Gals, who meet once a month. The meeting was at the home of Jea...
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Stan Ridgway Concert! (03-08-11)

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Last night, Gary and I went to the Stan Ridgway concert at Mississsippi Studios . It was a small, almost intimate affair with some old die-...
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Sunday, March 6, 2011

Portrait: Wendy B. (03-06-11)

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I did this sketch of Wendy B. at Church. Wendy is an amazing woman: with the help of her husband Ron, she runs Vintage Market, a classy vi...

Andaz at Rotture (03-05-11)

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As it may become evident, I like drawing crowds in motion. I went to Rotture with my daughter Moso (a nickname) for Andaz with DJ Anjali ....
Friday, March 4, 2011

Gotta Mark the Date (03-04-11)

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Today, it's been one year since the house has been in our name. And what a year it has been! We have lived through unforeseen problems a...
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

What drawing means to me (03-02-11)

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As I've slowly been organizing my new studio, I finally got to the boxes that had been packed up since September 2009, when we sold our ...
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Movie: "Carlos" (2010) (03-02-11)

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We watched " Carlos ," a three-part mini-series about terrorist Carlos The Jackal , a totally fascinating story that left me wonde...
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Paper Fashions (03-01-11)

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Shortly after I posted my fashion sketches  Linda Daily , a fellow sketch artist, recommended I look up  Isabelle de Borchgrave , an artist ...

First Tuesday at Walters Cultural Arts Center (03-01-11)

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My Sketching class at the Walters Cultural Arts Center  tonight happened to coincide with First Tuesday, and that meant the opening night fo...
Monday, February 28, 2011

Happy Hour at Miss Delta (02-28-11)

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Gary had to help someone from Church move across the river to Vancouver , so I asked him to take me along part of the way and drop me off on...
Sunday, February 27, 2011

Hairstyles (02-27-11)

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Again, some quick doodles, this time women and men hairstyles, Hip Portland style.
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Fashion Sketches (02-27-11)

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I truly enjoy doing these and let my imagination run wild...
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